Cocunuts, Diamonds, Pain & Pregnancy tests for Cancer – TIL365: Week 3

#TIL Day 13: Coconut is the largest seed in the world. #TIL365 — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 13, 2014 #TIL Day 14: Penguin poop can be seen from space! #TIL365 — Chandrahasa Reddy (@chandrahasa) January 14, 2014   #TIL Day 15: A ‘Dolorimeter‘ is an instrument used to measure pain threshold and pain tolerance. #TIL365 … Read more

Memories of Catherine

One of the choices a narrator has while telling a story, is where to start. Honestly, thats one quandary I was really hoping to be spared of this time around; Unfortunately, despite the fact that this entire story happened in a little less than 20 minutes, I am not to be excused from that vital decision. Luckily for me I think I am sneaky enough to play around the rules this time around.

Anything I tell you about Catherine would probably be speculative. The short time I got to speak to her, while I sipped my morning tea and she had her breakfast, is certainly insufficient for me to paint a true picture of her. But considering I have already thrown caution to the wind, I might as well indulge you on some unimportant details about her…

Catherine had wanderlust, she had traveled across the world from Britain(where she lived) to Indonesia, Thailand, most of Europe, Australia and now India (I am certain she mentioned a few more countries but as I said this detail is probably not that important), She had a toothy smile and that grace & charm that comes with that Brit accent…

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2012…

How do you quantify a year? What made a set of 365 (or 366) consecutive days better than the previous set? Was it making more money? Was it increasing your count of material possessions? Was it traveling more? Was it being entertained more? Was it more drinks/dinners with friends/family? Was it finding/losing someone you care about?

I choose my benchmarks on what I put an effort on during the year, on the times I let the wave of events around me carry me, on when I resisted what I believed to be wrong and when I found something beautiful when I least expected to.

That way 2012 has been a landmark year for me. It was a year of rebuilding myself, understanding priorities, weighing relationships, making new friends, shedding inhibitions, earning respect and taking some leaps of faith. In 2012 I did more work(personally and professionally) than I thought I could ever manage and yet had enough time to be lazy :)

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Traveler’s Tales

Some experiences in our lifetimes will always be hard to be put into words. My latest trip to the beautiful state of Sikkim falls right into that category. My photos, thoughts and notes of the trip will be put in this space soon, till then savor the magnificent night view that greeted us the day … Read more